Ruth Helps Braves Defeat Yankees In Grapefruit League
In St. Petersburg Fla the exhibition game drew 4726 fans as Babe Ruth debuted for 1935 spring, going six innings with one hit and a costly misplay. George Selkirk outshined Ruth with two hits including a triple, while the Yankees edged ahead late but the Braves tied the game in the seventh. The Yankees won the scoring battle in hits 10 to 6, but base running errors cost them.
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Babe Ruth
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Buck Jordan
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Yankees
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Selkirk
Joe Glenn
Braves
Frankie Crosetti
Glenn
Johnny Bronca
Cliff Melton
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Hal Lee
Pink Whitney
Les Malton
Jordan
Lou Gehrig
Mangin Wins National Indoor Singles Title Again
Gregory S. Mangin of Newark New Jersey captured the men's national indoor singles tennis championship for the third time and won permanent possession of the challenge trophy after defeating Berkeley Bell in five sets 8-6 7-5 2-6 0-6 6-2 before about 1500 spectators in New York.
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Berkeley
Campbell Readies To Quit Speed Record Bid At Daytona
Sir Malcolm Campbell, after setting a 276.816 mph record at Daytona Beach, indicated he would leave if the beach fails to improve. City officials persuaded him to stay until next Thursday, but a rapid beach deterioration could bring an early departure.
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Malcolm Campbell
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Cunningham Sets World Record In Thousand-Yard Victory
Glenn Cunningham, Iowa University grad student, won a thrilling thousand-yard race over Chuck Hornbostel of Harvard. Cunningham clocked 2:10.1 to erase Harold Cutbill’s 2:12 mark from 1922, pulling away in the final sprint to triumph.
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Glenn Cunningham
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Chuck Hornbostel
Harvard
Cunningham
Harold Cutbill
Buffalo
Glen Dawson
Hornbostel
Martelle Falls In Class B District Final After OT Loss
Martelle was eliminated in the Class B district final after two overtime periods, losing 33 28 to Sharon. Sharon led 8 3 after the first quarter, Martelle tied 10 10 at halftime, and 24 18 after the third. A late Sharon rally forced a 26 26 deadlock at the end of regulation and 28 28 after the first overtime.
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Gazett Davenport
Boys District Scores From Spirit Lake to Davenport
District basketball results list scores from Spirit Lake semis with Bronson over Hornick 29 26 Danbury 39 Hull 28 at Council Bluffs final Clarinda 45 Creston 32. B semifinals Magnolia 25 Conway 19 Diagonal 40 Redding 26 at Ottumwa Murray 43 Hiteman 26 Danville 28 Keswick 23 at Davenport final Sharon 33 Martelle 28 New Hartford 24 Dinsdale 92.
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Exhibition Baseball Scores From Florida and California
United Press reports exhibition games across Tampa Lakeland and West Palm Beach. Lineups include Cincinnati Detroit Philadelphia Baltimore St Louis New York Boston Chicago and Los Angeles players such as Erickson Davis Moore Johnson Todd Hatter Hayworth Bronca Mellon Whitehead and Warneke with varied results and early spring totals.
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Golf Aces Entering Bobby Jones Meet
Augusta Ga AP Acceptances from top pros and amateurs pour in for the second Augusta National golf tournament opening April 4. Notables include Horton Smith Bobby Jones Ed Dudley Al Espinosa Paul Runyan Francis Ouimet Tommy Armour Johnny Farrell Abe Espinosa Henry Ciuci Jim Foulis Charles Yates and Leland Hamman among others.
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Charles Yates
Leland Hamman
Ruth to play in 100 Braves games amid league boost
Earl Gould predicts Babe Ruth will appear in about 100 National League games for the Boston Braves, boosting league attendance and revenue by roughly $500,000. The piece also notes a brewing Cubs Pirates feud over the Guy Bush trade and cites Ed Barrow naming eight top American League players.
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Campaign to open April for Cedar Rapids baseball drive
The Cedar Rapids baseball campaign to fund Western league operations will launch at a April 1 luncheon in the Crystal room of the Montrose hotel. Joe McCormick chairs. Bob Elson of WGN Chicago speaks. Books offer adult and child tickets at ten dollars with 1 200 books expected. Keokuk and Rock Island plans differ. Cap Crossley will discuss Raiders’ band preparation.
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WGN
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Band of Raiders
Paul Dean Holds Giants Five Strong Innings In Win
Paul Dean pitched three hitless frames and Dizzy Dean supplied a pinch single as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Giants 6 to 2. The Terrymen scored twice in the sixth, then the Cardinals pushed three across in the seventh, aided by Dizzy’s RBI single. In another exhibition, the St Louis Browns defeated the Baltimore Orioles 4 to 3 after Moore’s ninth inning collapse.
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Hillsboro Edges Wellsburg to Reach State Final
Hillsboro led throughout and defeated Wellsburg 20 to 18 in the Iowa state girls basketball semifinals. Louise Sherman caps Hillsboro win with a late field goal as Centerville advances to face them in the final. Maxine Robinson wins the state free throw title with 20 of 25 shooting.
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Johnston teen Mary Hawkins crowned state girls basketball queen
Mary Hawkins, 17, of Johnston high school won the Iowa state high school girls tournament queen title with 475 votes from spectators. Margaret Gray, 16, Centerville, was named princess with 404 votes. Other top honors went to Lilian Lundquist Stratford Dorothy Lutterman Wellsburg Mildred Moore Hillsboro and Gertrude Kruger Grundy Center.
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Johnston
Margaret Gray
Centerville
Lillian Lundquist
Stratford
Dorothy Lutterman
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Mildred Moore
Hillsboro
Gertrude Kruger
Grundy Center
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College Sports Fencing And Track Results From Meet Summary
Fencing results show Purdue 5 and New York A C 18 with Navy 9. Track figures list California 451 43 Olympic club San Francisco 455 6 and Western State Teachers 51 3 Ohio Wesleyan 27 2 3. Navy Plebes 1 538 and Navy 1 3. George Washington U 1 32 percent. Gymnasium results include Temple University 30 Navy 24.
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Dodgers edge Reds in spring exhibition rout
In Tampa the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds 8 to 1 behind Van Mungo and Johnny Babich. Mungo allowed three singles in five innings and fanned four as Brooklyn erupted for four runs in the third. New Orleans hosted the Indians who pounded the Pelicans 8 to 1 while shortstop Bill Knickerbocker underwent appendicitis surgery and Al Milnar had an appendectomy. Odell Hall and Charlie George hit the Indians’ first two homers.
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Charlie George
White Sox blank Cubs in Chicago exhibition win
Chicago White Sox defeated the Chicago Cubs 5 to 0 as shortstop Mule Haas delivered a key double in the seventh inning and pitchers Whitehead Stine and Vance contained the Cub bats to keep them scoreless.
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Athletics Beat Red Sox In Grapefruit League Action
Connie Mack's young pitchers and star hitter Jimmy Foxx led the Athletics to a 4 to 1 win over Boston in grapefruit league play. Foxx hit a first inning triple driving in a run, while Dutch Leiber and Johnny Marcum limited the Red Sox to four hits. Cronin scored Boston's lone run on Dahlgren's single.
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Sox
Joe Cronin
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Boston
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